Job Leave Benefits: Types, Policies and Laws in the U.S

In addition to their jobs, workers have obligations (civic, familial, and personal) to fulfill that sometimes requires them to be absent from the workplace (e.g., to serve on a jury, retrieve a sick child from day care, or attend a funeral). The U.S. government generally has allowed individual employers to decide whether to accommodate the non-work activities of employees by granting them leave, with or without pay, rather than firing them. In other countries, national governments or the in...